ANDERSON - The Anderson City Council will consider approving a contract to allow a Seneca company to work on putting in new landscaping, irrigation and lighting at Linley Park for $382,194.

The council awarded a $583,592 contract in June to Thrift Brothers Inc. In that contract, the council approved paying the company to grade the land at the 15-acre park, which is on Murray Avenue in Anderson, install the stormwater drainage and to lay concrete for the walking trail.

Now, in an effort to keep the project on schedule and to have one company oversee the work, the council will consider adding the landscaping, irrigation and lighting to that contract, according to the agenda for a council meeting Monday.

What: Anderson City Council meeting

When: Monday, 6 p.m.

Where: Anderson City Hall, council chambers, 401 S. Main St.

For more information, call City Hall at 864-231-2200.

"Daily coordination and management are essential when installing so many underground utilities in such a tight space," according to the agenda. "Lack of coordination by one general contractor can lead to cut power lines and water lines."

Thrift Brothers officials solicited bids from several landscaping companies who would work with it on the project. The lowest bidder was Stepping Stone Landscaping, according to the meeting agenda.

Overall, the council has approved $1.2 million worth of work to improve the park and its drainage system.

City leaders made renovating the park a priority when the park's stormwater pipe collapsed in 2010. The corrugated metal drain pipe was installed in Linley Park in the 1970s and collected water from the 400-acre residential area around the park.

The money for the project will come from the city's stormwater fund and the recreation fund.